EE is now in 200 towns and cities CNET EE has signed up nearly 3 million phone fans to 4G, as the UK’s first 4G coverage reaches 200 towns and cities. In the first three months of the year, EE signed up 889,000 4G customers, taking the total number to 2.9 million people. Rhyl in …
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Microsoft finally owns Nokia’s handset division CNET Microsoft finally owns Nokia’s handset division. The two companies announced today that they have completed the deal, Nokia offloading the hardware department to Microsoft for slightly more than the original announced price of €5.44 billion — or $7.2 billion at the time. Although the final price tag hasn’t been revealed, Nokia has promised …
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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop talking to CNET about Windows Phone Josh Miller/CNET What would you ask Stephen Elop? You can put your questions and comments to the Nokia boss with an online chat next week in the wake of Microsoft’s absorption of Nokia’s handset division. Elop takes to the Nokia Conversations blog to answer your questions on Monday, 28 April …
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Microsoft’s Cortana: not suitable for children James Martin/CNET It’s tough being a kid. Problems like peer pressure, sudden unexplained growth spurts, and the heartache of first love leave youngsters with a lot of questions — but they can’t turn to Microsoft Cortana for answers. Microsoft’s new voice-activated virtual assistant for Windows Phone falls foul of US child-protection rules and can’t …
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The Xiaomi Mi3 is coming to more countries. Xiaomi Having conquered China, Xiaomi is turning its attention to the rest of the world. The smartphone manufacturer has revealed plans to expand to 10 more countries, although the US and most of Europe aren’t included just yet. The Chinese manufacturer will expand operations this year to Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, …
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A leaked photo klaiming to be the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom kamera tieba.baidu.com/ Like a photographic print slowly revealing itself in the darkroom, the first glimpses of the rumoured Samsung Galaxy K Zoom are appearing online. Samsung promises “a new mobile product” at a launch event one week from today in Singapore. The launch is teased with the tagline ” …
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The cheap-as-chips Motorola Moto G Sarah Tew/CNET More people are saying “Hello, Moto.” Motorola’s new boss Rick Osterloh has revealed on Twitter that the troubled company “shipped 6.5 million devices globally in Q1”, meaning the first three months of the year. Motorola’s lineup is headed by the Moto X , which US phone fans can personalise with the clever Moto …
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The LG G Watch comes in black, or white and gold. LG LG wants you to take its new G Watch for a spin. You can get a good look at the forthcoming wearable gadget with a spinny 360-degree panorama image that you control, on a new promotional webpage made by LG. LG is slowly teasing the smartwatch, last month …
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Amazon could follow the Kindle Fire HDX with a smartphone CNET The oft-rumoured Amazon smartphone could be controlled with a twist of the wrist, as new reports claim it will work by tilting the phone hither and thither. Earlier reports suggest that the rumoured Amazon device would be packed with cameras and sensors. Now BoyGeniusReport quotes a source suggesting that …
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Nokia is warning owners of the Lumia 2520 tablet to stop using the charger. James Martin/CNET Nokia has suspended sales of the Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet over fears that the charger could give you an electric shock. Anyone with a Lumia 2520 in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and the UK is “strongly advised to suspend use of the …
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